Thanks to all who have applied. Keep an eye on your inbox for follow-up on your applications. Thanks!
WordCamp Philly Showcase
Philadelphia-area businesses and WordPress developers: We want to feature interesting and impressive work by Philly-area developers and firms that show off just what can be done with WordPress. We are collecting “portfolio” slides from those developers and firms in order to display them during WordCamp Philly 2014. If you’re interested in having your work showcased, please follow the instructions on our Github project. We’ll be putting together a slideshow of all the entries and hosting it on that project page and will be displaying it throughout the WordCamp weekend.
We look forward to seeing examples of your impressive work!
Help Us Make WordCamp Philly Awesome!
WordCamp Philly 2014 is just around the corner! We have been extremely lucky to be provided with an awesome WordPress community here in Philly and you all know that our WordCamp wouldn’t be so awesome without your help! We are asking you all to give us a hand again this year and volunteer a little bit of your time to assure that everything runs smoothly. There are tons of different volunteer opportunities so please head over to our Volunteer Page and sign up! We will need a few helping hands for both Saturday and Sunday’s events. A few of the positions we are looking to fill are Registration/Check In, people to man the video cameras during sessions, Happiness Bar volunteers and more!
Third Round Of Speakers
We’re really starting to fill out the roster of speakers (and their attendant session topics) for #WCPhilly 2014. We’re pleased to announce Vicki Boykis (@vboykis), Russell Heimlich (@kingkool68), Erica Sterling (@ericawebmaster), Joe Rozsa (@trailertrashus), Doug Yuen (@Doug_Yuen), Alx Block (@alxblock) and Sonja Leix (@sonjanyc).
It’s just a little more than a month now until WC Philly — we’re psyched, how about you?
Looking for Somewhere to Stay During WordCamp Philly?
We have worked with the Holiday Inn Express to provide WordCampers with a great rate of $124 per night! If you are looking for somewhere to stay in center city while attending WordCamp we recommend you give them a call and lock in your room at this reduced rate ASAP!
The Holiday Inn Express is a short 7 minute walk to the venue and close to a number of great attractions in Philadelphia!
To book your room please call the Holiday Inn Express at 1-800-972-2796 and let them know you are with the group: WordCampPhilly 2014. Please call soon because the reduced rate is only guaranteed until May 6th. You may be able to book at the same rate after May 6th, but there is no guarantee!
Call For Speakers: Work-From-Home
Many previous WordCamps have had panel discussions with variations on “how to start a WordPress business” or “how to run a distributed company”. At WordCamp Philly this year, we wanted to try a little something different, something that comes at these issues from the other side, namely: how can you best be a part of a distributed company? We’ve heard from CEOs, founders and product-makers and have gotten a lot of good input on how to stay sane while running a WordPress business. Let’s help each other stay sane when working for those sorts of people.
We’re looking to get folks thinking about such issues as
- time management
- keeping up communication with your teammates
- maintaining proper work/life balance
- advantages and disadvantages of working from home
- tax implications
- making the leap from a traditional office environment
…and any other issues that you, our speakers, bring to the table.
We’re putting together a panel of folks to discuss just this issue, so if you’re a part of a distributed company and would be comfortable participating, fill out our speaker form, select the “Panel” track and put “Working From Home” in the talk title.
We look forward to hearing from you all!
Travel Logistics
Getting to WordCamp June 7
Gershman Hall 401 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19107
(Corner of Pine and Broad Street)
Ground Transport information from Philadelphia Airport
Take Septa Airport Line from Airport Terminals to Market East Station, Rent a car or take a taxi
If you are traveling on Amtrak get off at 30th Street Station
Then take Taxi, Regional Rail or Subway from 30th Street Station.
Traveling on Septa by Regional Rail or Subway
take any Septa Regional Rail train that makes stops at Market East, Suburban Station or 13th Street/City Hall Station (Septa Market-Frankford Line)
The walk is less than 1 mile from either Suburban Station or Market East Station or City Hall station of Septa Market Frankford line
HolidayInn Express Hotel is less than a 1/2 mile walk from WordCamp
Parking your car
There are a few parking lots/garages nearby the WordCamp location
Find a parking lot
Getting to Dev Day June 8
CityCoHo | Philly Nexus is located at 2401 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.
From 30th Street Station, walk .5 miles or take a taxi
From Suburban Station, walk 1 mile or take a taxi
From HolidayInn Express walk 1 mile, take a taxi or take Septa Bus 42 towards Wycombe
There is a paid parking lot near CityCoho
Getting to the HolidayInn Express Hotel
Second Batch of Speakers
I’m proud to announce our second batch of speakers for WordCamp Philly 2014. We’re getting really excited about all the session ideas you all are sending in and are certain that everyone will really get a lot out of these talks.
Our second round is comprised of Chris Van Patten (@ChrisVanPatten), Ben Lobaugh (@benlobaugh), Rami Abraham (@ramiabraham), Jared Novack (@jaredNova), Matt Banks (@mattbanks), Karen Arnold (@karenalma), Deborah Beckett, and Elizabeth Urello.
Speaker applications are still open, so please keep sending in your talk ideas!
Tickets Are On Sale, Baby!
We’re very excited to announce that tickets for WordCamp Philly 2014 are now on sale! We’ve already started rolling out details of the speakers for the weekend, and now we’re making tickets available.
Tickets for Saturday
Tickets for Saturday are only $20.00.
Saturday is the primary day, full of learning opportunities. A total of four tracks, held in the very cool facilities at the University of the Arts Gershman Hall will be on offer for attendees:
- User
- Power User
- Designer
- Developer
Tickets for All Weekend
Weekend Full Access Tickets (Saturday & Sunday) are a hugely reasonable $25.00.
The Sunday Developer Day will be held in a smaller venue — we’re still finalizing the location arrangements. This day will be less session-based and more hands-on hacking. Don’t think you’re an expert developer? No worries! Dev Day is also for designers, developers and WordPress users who want to learn from some of the most talented people around. The agenda will include:
- How to Contribute to WordPress Core
- Submitting Plugins to the WordPress.org Directory
- And More!
Both ticket options will get you into the After Party on Saturday night.
Don’t wait another second to register as tickets are bound to sell very quickly!
First Batch Of Speakers
I’d like to announce our first batch of speakers for WordCamp Philly: Joe Casabona (@jcasabona), Courtney Robertson (@courtneyengle), Zoe Rooney (@zoe_rooney), Tim McKenna (@azraelgroup), Tracy Rotton (@taupecat), Dave Ross (@csixty4) and Tracy Levesque (@LilJimmi).
Speaker applications are still open, so feel free to apply, too!